Elastic textiles containing elastane face significant limitations due to their low recyclability in mechanical and thermomechanical recycling processes. To address this challenge, two main strategies can be considered: improving elastane recyclability or developing elastane-free textiles. In France, the European center of innovative textile (CETI) addresses the two challenges. First, CETI’s approach improve textile recycling with elastane thanks to its know-how of textiles and mechanical recycling process which allow to exceed the limit of 5% elastane content in textiles and open new textile-to-textile solutions for these products. Alternatively, the use of other elastic fibers or the development of smart assembly techniques of knitted fabrics were also addressed. Indeed, the replacement of elastane by alternative biobased polymers fibers, obtained through melt spinning process such as TPE, offers sufficient elasticity for certain textile applications while improving recyclability. In addition, tailoring the assembly of knitted fabrics was also addressed to imparting improved elasticity for these news elastic textiles.